A crash around 1 a.m. Friday in north Alabama killed a Tennessee man and injured another, according to a release.

Ronnie Clifton, 69, of Ardmore, Tennessee, was killed when the Ford F-250 he was a passenger in hit a Freightliner tractor-trailer on Alabama 53 near Old Railroad Bed Road, about 10 miles north of Huntsville in Madison County.

The driver of the vehicle, 65-year-old John Crunk, also of Ardmore, Tennessee, was injured in the crash and taken to an area hospital for treatment.

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The condition of the driver of the tractor-trailer is not known.

Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division are continuing to investigate the incident.